Wishing You A Wonderful Christmas at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's time for our very last challenge of 2024 at The Paper Shelter. Can you believe the year has gone so fast!?

Our theme is ANYTHING GOES, so it's a nice easy one for you. It will run for 4 weeks while the design teams take their Christmas break.

I have to admit that I was spending a lot of time making things for Christmas and my son's birthday last week, so I got somewhat behind on things (perils of having a new Cricut machine to play with!). However, I thought that the new image 'Christmas Present Fairy' would be perfect for a gift tag. 

I added her to her digital background in Photoshop before printing out and colouring.

I gave her a fun colour scheme to match the presents on the background.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Cardstock
• DoCrafts Twine
• ProMarkers - Champagne, Sandstone, Caramel, Cinnamon, Apple, Meadow Green, Leaf Green, Coral, Ocean Teal, Warm Grey 1-3, Black, Cool Grey 5, Royal Blue, Spice, Ginger, Apricot, Poppy, Red, Lipstick Red, Cardinal Red, Crimson, Yellow, Gold & Sunflower
• Shuttle Art Gel Pens - Gold & Gold Glitter
• Prismacolor Pencil - 50% Warm Grey
• Posca Paint Pen - White
• Wink of Stella - Clear

Thinking of You at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps, 

This week and next, rather than running our usual Blog Hop, the Design Team at The Paper Shelter is honouring our beautiful co-founder Veronica, who tragically left us on the 25th of September 2024.

Veronica was a kind, supportive, beautiful soul, who alongside her co-founder Pedro, produced the images we all know and love to create with.

There is a vacuum in the world today, where Veronica used to be, and we will miss her terribly.

Our theme has been changed to ANYTHING GOES/IN HONOUR OF THOSE WE LOVE.

I couldn't resist this super cute guy sitting on his cloud like a guardian angel! You can grab this image by clicking on the picture below.

I made the image my focal point and matted it on a couple of layers, with a simple sentiment. 

Of course I had to have some glitter and shine!

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Cardstock
• Stitched square dies (Etsy)
• Clearly Besotted "Chitter Chatter" stamp and die
• Distress Ink - Black Soot
• ProMarkers - Red, Bright Orange, Yellow, Green, True Blue, Indigo, Violet, French Navy, Cloud Blue, Cardinal Red, Amethyst, Purple, WIld Orchid, Pink Pearl, Tulip Yellow, Buttercup, Soft Lime, Petrol Blue, Marine, Turquoise, Ocean Teal, Bright Green, Leaf Green & Royal Blue
• Prismacolor Pencil - White & Spanish Orange
• Shuttle Art Gel pens 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2448 ATG
2. Crafts Galore Encore - #130 ATG
3. Crafty Gals Corner - #261 ATG/3+ Layers
4. Creative Fingers - #290 ATG

A Vintage Anniversary at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's time for some more inspiration for our challenge over at The Paper Shelter Blog. This week our theme is Include A Sentiment, which is super easy and could be for any occasion or just a hello!

I used Pg39 from our Vintage Nostalgia colouring book to make my parents an anniversary card.

I added my sentiment using Photoshop before printing the image to colour.

No embellishments are needed, as the image has everything already.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Cardstock
• ProMarkers - Cocoa, Gold, Sunflower, Yellow, Lush Green, Leaf Green, Emerald, Green, Apple, Forest Green, Meadow Green, Pine, Ocean Teal, Mint Green, Lime Green, Saddle Brown, Denim Blue, Coud Blue, Wild Orchid, Ivory, Buttercup, Ruby, Red, Lipstick Red, Firebrick, Antique Pink, Coral, Dusky Pink, Lemon & Canary

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Crafty Calendar - November ATG
2. Simon Says {Wednesday} - ATG
3. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2447 ATG
4. Beautiful Blossoms - #23 ATG Floral
5. Monday Greetings - Nov 4th ATG
6. Outlawz - November Linky
   
   

Joyful Holiday Greetings at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's hard to believe that we're halfway through November already and there's only a short timr left to get that Festive crafting done!

This week at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog our theme is Dots and/or Stripes, which leaves plenty of room for interpretation. 

I couldn't resist using "Happy Baby Deer" for a Christmas card, as this image already has dots and stripes. 

I just added a few more dots and stripes with my paper and embellishments!

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Recollections Cardstock
• MME Sleigh Bells Ring paper and sentiments
• Recollections Ribbon
• YNS Holiday Gumdrops
• DoCrafts Jingle Bell
• Dies... To Die For - Holly & Berries dies
• Spellbinders  - More Holiday Decorations dies (light string and jingle bells)
• Sizzix Christmas Star die
• YNS Stitched Line die
• ProMarkers - Primrose, Lemon, Canary, Yellow, Sunflower, Soft Lime, Gold, Mustard, Holly, Pine, Lush Green, Emerald, Saddle Brown, Burnt Sienna, Walnut, Cinnamon, Caramel, Sandstone, Coral, Raw Sienna, Spice, Cardinal Red, Red, Royal Blue, Azure, Arctic Blue, Maroon, Hot Pink, Marine, Ocean Teal, Turquoise, Forest Green & Cool Grey 1-4
• Shuttle Art gel pens
• Prismacolor Pencils - Dark Green, White, True Green & Sienna Brown

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Festive Friday Challenge - 1st Nov-5th Dec (chosen theme: Christmas)
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #241 ATG
3. Monday Greetings - Nov 4th ATG
4. The Outlawz Main Blog - Nov Linky
5. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #584 ATG
6. The 12 Months of Christmas - #116 ATG Christmas/All Stitched Up
7. Crafty Calendar - Nov ATG
8. Crafty Catz - #682 ATG/Ribbon/Twine
9. Allsorts Challenge - WK806 Christmas
10. Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Nov Reindeer/Deer/Moose
11. Conjurer of Dreams - #2 Nov ATG/Winter Critters
12. Love to Craft - #83 ATG
13. Christmas [or not] BINGO Challenges - #10 ATG/Bingo Card 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

A Banging Birthday at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

I'm back to share my inspiration for the last Paper Shelter Challenge of October!

The challenge is run from my home country {England} and back home soon they will celebrate Guy Fawkes Night (it's an odd thing to celebrate, I know), so the theme for this challenge is Make It Sparkle.

You can choose to interpret this any way you wish, but I just had to add some fireworks to my project! I have used 'Autumn Starter Kit' as she seems ready to go out for some sparkling fun.

 

I created a layered card using card scraps and die-cut elements.

The image has lines on the pants, so I decided to turn them into a plaid design,

I stamped and embossed the fireworks, then used embossing pen to add some extra bits and fill in missing bits.

My husband bought me a Cricut Joy Xtra for my birthday, so I used that to cut the sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• DoCrafts Kraft card blank
• Random card scraps
• YNS Gumdrops
• Stampin' Up Pearls
• Ranger Liquid Pearls - Brass & Onyx Pearl
• YNS - Winter Scene die (fence and trees only)
• GLOBLELAND Fireworks Clear Stamps
• Christmas Tree dies (Etsy)
• Grass dies
• ProMarkers - Ivory, Blush, Oatmeal, Ginger, Burnt Orange, Saddle Brown, Spice, Raw Sienna, Holly, Forest Green, Firebrick, Red, Burgundy, Black, Cool Grey 1-5, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Caramel, Sandstone, Burnt Umber, Emerald & Cocoa
• Prismacolor Pencils - Cool Grey 50%, Burnt Ochre, Black & White

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2443 ATG
2. Passion For Markers - WK763 Birthdays
3. Creative Knockouts - #533 Halloween or Fall
4. Monday Greetings - ATG
5. Twisted Thursdays - ATG or October Holidays/Colours
6. Festive Friday - Oct 4-31 (chosen theme: Fall Colours)
7. Outlawz Challenge - October Linky

A Wonderous Friendship

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It may be Spooky Month but MerMay flew by quickly, and I didn't get anything done outside of my design team commitments. Maybe I will change it to MerTober for a while!

I have been slacking in using the newsletter freebies from Sweet November Stamps, but I had to do something with this super sweet duo "Dolphin Hugs".

I made the shaker part ready to go on a card but my daughter said I should put it on my gallery wall, so I grabbed a canvas and did a mixed media piece instead.

I used Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath The Sea papers and embellishments, so I kept all the other colours to that scheme..

I usually do greyish-blue dolphins and wanted to do something different this time, so I Googled and decided on a Common Dolphin. I love how it turned out.

For the shaker, I used a waves die-cut, which I wove a strip of patterned paper through then added the acetate on top. My shaker pieces are tiny beads and die-cut shells.

The base layer is Distress Inks & Oxides to give all over colour to the white canvas. 

On top of that I used Neon Lunar Paste through a mermaid scales stencil.

You just can't get the amazing shine from this front-on photo, so I've added more below to show you how it looks in the light.

 The final touches are 'water' droplets, pearls, cheesecloth and starfish.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Michaels blank canvas
• Distress Inks - Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade
• Distress Oxides - Lucky Clover, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon
• Srizian Mermaid Scales stencil 
• Waves die-cut paper (Given to me already cut. I don't have the die)
• Graphic 45 "Voyage Beneath The Sea" papers, ephemera & chipboard embellishments
• Cheesecloth
• Recollections Micro Beads
• Assorted Shell die-cuts (Given to me already cut. I don't have the dies)
• Dress My Craft Water Droplets
• Papermania Pearls
• Dried Starfish
• Recollections Ribbon
• Eyelet Oulet Screw brads
• Cuttlebug Acetate
• ProMarkers - *
• Prismacolor Pencils - *

* Apparently I've taken so long to blog this that I may have accidentally binned my lists for these. 

I am entering my canvas into the following challenges:

1. Passion For Markers - WK762 Make It Cute
2. Crafty Calendar - October ATG
3. Crafty Catz - #680 ATG
4. Crafter's Cafe - #313 ATG/Fantasy
5. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2242 ATG
6. Allsorts Challenge - WK803 Patterned Papers
7. Anything Goes In A Card Free Zone - 5th Oct-1st Nov "Name Game" (last name Gold - I used Distress Inks/Oxides and image "Dolphin Hugs")
8. Monday Greetings - ATG
9. Tuesday Colors - 1st October to 4th November ⤵
10. Outlawz - October Linky
    
    

Spooky Shadow Box at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

Firstly, we had some devastating news that on the 25th of September, our beautiful Veronica, co-owner of The Paper Shelter store, tragically passed away.  

Our thoughts and prayers are with Pedro, their son Gabriel (seen with Veronica below), and their family.

You can see the official announcement here.

Our challenge over on the blog this week is Halloween or Halloween Colours, so let your imagination fly (like a witch, or a bat maybe).

I have used page 14 of the Halloween Castle Scenes colouring book for a spooky shadow box.

I love making myself new decorations for Halloween and this scene is perfect.

I don't usually add sentiments to shadow boxes, but as I have Halloween stamps, I wanted to utilize them.

The gauze is white cheesecloth that I ran my black ink pad over to make it match the box better.

I wanted to make my ghosts look like they are floating out of the picture, so I used small pieces of vellum folded in half to push their "heads" forward,

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Recollections Cardstock
• Cheesecloth
• Twine (Dollar store)
• Recollections glitter bat embellishments
• Gems (Dollar store)
• DoCrafts Eyelet
• YNS Gumdrops
• Elizabeth Craft Designs Banner dies
• Wooden cat embellishment (Dollar store)
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Hocus Pocus stamps
• Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot
• ProMarkers - Plum, Purple, Amethyst, Lilac, Lavender, Pink Pearl, Indigo, Royal Blue, Holly, Pine, Lush Green, Cool Grey 1-5, Warm Grey 3-5, Deep Mocha, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Black, Cocoa, Saddle Brown, Chocolate, Yellow, Sunflower, Gold, Olive, Marsh Green, Moss, Pear Green, Burnt Umber, Firebrick, Spice, Amber, Burnt Orange, Ginger & Apricot
• Prismacolor Pencils - Black, Dark Brown, Light Umber, Indigo Blue, White, Metallic Silver & Burnt Ochre

I am entering my shadow box into the following challenges:

1. Two Old Bats - October ATG Halloween
2. The Paper Funday Challenge - #70 ATG/Colours Of Autumn
3. Crafty Calendar - October ATG
4. Inspiration Station - #66 Photo Prompt
5. 613 Avenue Create - ATG/Lots Of Leaves
6. Allsorts Challenge - WK802 ATG or Magical/Myths/Legend
7. Simon Says {Wednesday} - Halloween/Spooky!
8. Double D Challenge - Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Who's Got the Pumpkin
9. Tuesday Color Challenge - Oct 1-Nov 4 Color Board/Make It Halloween
10. Festive Friday Challenge - Oct 4-31 (chosen theme: Halloween)
11. The Outlawz - October LInky

Spooky Kitty Birthday at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's a brand new month, and October is my favourite. Spooky Season, soups and stews, and my birthday are always good reasons to celebrate! Over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog we have a brand new theme for you today - All Creatures Great and Small. You can interpret this how you wish, but be sure that your main focus is a creature.

I have used Pg 13 of the Halloween Kittens colouring book to make a spooky double-display birthday card.

I like that from the top it kind of looks like bat wings!

Animals aren't my favorite thing to colour, but this kitty is too cute. I had to give him some white 'socks'.

I typed the sentiments in Photoshop. This is something I love doing as I don't always have the perfect thing with dies or stamps.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Cardstock - basic black and white
• Recollections black ric-rac
• Banner dies
• Hexagon dies
• Gems
• Recollections lazer-cut card - Ravenshead Manor
• Crafts Halloween patterned paper
• Holographic card
• Posca paint pen - White
• Shuttle Art gel pens
• ProMarkers - Black, Lilac, Lavender, Cloud Blue, Blue Pearl, Aubergine, Prussian, Violet, Cool Grey 1-3, Pine, Ocean Teal, Warm Grey 4+5, Plum, Purple, Coral, Pastel Pink, Cool Grey 4+5 & Dusky Pink

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Crafter's Cafe - #312 ATG/Include an Animal
2. Double D Challenge - To Spook or Not
3. Incy Wincy Designs - October, Autumn/More Than One Fold
4. The Diva's That Cut Paper - Anything Goes on a card For World Card Making Day
5. Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - October ATG
6. Simon Says {Wednesday} - Things With Wings
7. The Paper Funday Challenge - #70 ATG/Autumn